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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛИСТОПАД 2011 17 O F ALL THE UNIVERSITIES IN U KRAINE ... UCU IS BEST POSITIONED TO DEVELOP AN ACADEMICALLY VIABLE WOMEN ’ S STUDIES PROGRAM . perforce challenge the "establishment," we will again put Ukrainian culture in danger of being marginalized into the village ethnicity. But the faculty in Ukraine — God bless them, most good albeit underpaid men and women — are mostly ignorant of gender as a field of study. Dany lenko’s noble initiative at KMA and then at Ostrih has resulted in some high - quality individual studies that take gender into consideration. The result is that while it is generally understood that women play an important historical role in the development of every society, the study of that role tends to be limited to three types: 1. Glorification of the so - called traditional role of women in the family, which simplifies that role ; 2. Heroines, generally women who died for a noble cause or worked for it selflessly within a broader framework ; 3. Heads of state, or those who married heads of state . In our times, a fourth category was added, beginning with women writers, followed by singers, dancers, and then women who were the first females in their profession. Naturally, the role of women in family life was and continues to be presented by men who have never actually lived the ro le of the "complete housewife" for more than a few hours at a time. Introduction of new programs is better done incrementally. Establishing a visiting professorship in gender studies at UCU makes eminent sense. UCU has demonstrated its ability to work well with visiting faculty and with the introduction of new courses. A visiting lectureship in Gender Studies would draw various specialists who would help maintain professionalism in the field that is particularly vulnerable to erratic approaches. With growin g scholarship, greater awareness of the field will come as well as a broader understanding of what it means to be a woman who does not bury her God - given talents but knows how to make them grow. This is where Ukrainian Catholic University comes in. It is a n independent university, it educates all students, it does not teach Catholicism, but it does encourage thinking within an ethical framework. It has proven its genuine academic openness, and it is in good hands. Its student body is predominantly female, m ost of them selfless, dedicated, intelligent, and eager. Most of them probably have not read the books we have helped publish, as is the case in other Ukrainian universities. As all young women, most think that all glass ceilings have been shattered, caree r and motherhood will run along the same tracks, and things will sort themselves out. The existence of a gender program strengthens a doze of reality in the university, along with deepening the study of the humanities. Of all the universities in Ukraine, w hich I happen to know rather well, UCU is best positioned to develop an academically viable women’s studies program. The UCU students, for better or for worse, are less money - oriented in the choice of career than students in other establishments. Not that they all are candidates for the “Little Sisters of the Poor,” far from it, but there seems to be greater openness to topics that do not have a direct impact on the wallet. A reasonable question would be: why UCU? Why not Kyiv Mohyla Academy, or Ostrih, or Kharkiv, where there is a Women’s S tudies C enter. Kharkiv has actually two w omen’s studies centers — one for professional women, the other run by a very erratic individual, who, moreover, plagiarizes some of our publications. Both of the Mohyla centers have had the beginnings of a program, but showed little understanding of it. Topics such as the above - mentioned history of Ukraine, or Gender Studies, need a strong executive push in any university setting. UCU is headed by an American, run in a genuinely colle gial fashion, and subject to an internal board of directors. It is truly independent, and its student body reflects the whole of Ukraine and even some of its environs. We should also remember that historically many of the Ukrainian Catholic
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